relationship in syria, and it s up to the russians to explain what they re up to. reporter: mod ullr units have been installed. a defense official tells cnn, and this image broadcast on syrian state television, identified by analysts as a modern russian-made armored vehicle, not previously seen in syria, and painted in russian army camouflage. what the russians might or might not be doing at the moment, that s of concern to secretary kerry, and who would replace aassad? reporter: syria is russia s key alou. moscow also has a strategic naval base. if the fragile regime of bashiral assad falls, so too may russian influence in the region. russia and the united states had been talking about finding a political solution to the crisis. administration officials until recently expressing hope that moscow was open to a future without assad.
there are a limited number of seats for reporters in the courtroom. the wall street journal s nathan koppel was in the reporting pool. he found himself at one point on the wrong side of the war of islam. reporter: hasan came armed with a technologically advanced pistol with two laser sights. the pockets in his army camouflage cargo pants were stuffed with 16 high capacity magazines all wrapped in paper towels say prosecutors to muffle the sound. hasan allegedly targeted soldiers inside the building, avoiding civilians and looking for victims when the police officer took hasan down. he was hunting soldiers. the only real questions for this jury are whether this was premeditated murder and if hasan deserves the death penalty. in his opening statement he gave a sense he may not fight much of the government s case. the evidence will only show one side. it will show i was on the wrong